I am an engineering leader with over 20 years of experience in building and managing high-performing teams, architecting low-latency, scalable systems, and delivering data-driven solutions across multiple industries, such as digital advertising, financial services, and healthcare. I have a Six Sigma Black Belt certification and a strong combination of business and product skills.

Currently, I am the co-founder and CTO of Nexla, a fundamentally new approach to data management. I designed and built an infinitely scalable, container-based architecture with a continuous intelligence core. Our users get a first-of-its-kind collaborative, self-service system that automates the entire data cycle of integration, preparation, operations, quality, cataloging, discovery, and exchange. My specialties include big data, cloud computing, machine learning, and forecasting models. I also co-authored the first version of the Open RTB Native Advertising spec, a standard for transacting native ads across the programmatic ecosystem.

17+ years in the field of Life Sciences & tech. Worked in Consulting, Pharma, CRO and Tech. Lived and worked in India, Sweden, Canada & US. Managed multiethnic and cross geographical/functional teams. Energetic, driven, motivated with an entrepreneurial mindset. Adept at creating strategic alliances with organizational leaders to effectively align and support key business initiatives.
Winner of Gartner Award in 2020 for Innovative use of an Emerging Technology in Pharma and Life Sciences

Passionate about the intersection of technology and life sciences, I write about Generative AI, quantum computing, and data-driven innovation in healthcare and drug discovery. With a keen eye on emerging trends, I break down complex topics—from diffusion models to geospatial analytics—into actionable insights for executives, researchers, and tech enthusiasts.

To work for an innovative and leading provider of enterprise low to no code software in the following technologies: iPaaS, MDM, Workflow, and IoT. I am highly motivated, and can learn technologies and systems by reading the documentation. I am very well respected with the colleagues I work with, have a team spirit, and will go the extra mile to win sales opportunities.

Joe Reis, a “recovering data scientist” with 20 years in the data industry, is the co-author of the best-selling O’Reilly book, “Fundamentals of Data Engineering.” He’s also the instructor for the wildly popular Data Engineering Professional Certificate on Coursera, in partnership with DeepLearning.ai and AWS.

Joe’s extensive experience encompasses data engineering, data architecture, machine learning, and more. He regularly keynotes major data conferences globally, advises and invests in innovative data product companies, writes at Practical Data Modeling and his personal blog, and hosts the popular data podcasts “The Monday Morning Data Chat” and “The Joe Reis Show.” In his free time, Joe is dedicated to writing new books and articles and thinking of ways to advance the data industry.

Lee Davidson is an accomplished Chief Data and AI Officer recognized for pioneering data-driven growth strategies in financial services. As the former Chief Data and Analytics Officer at Morningstar, Lee led a global organization driving the company’s data and AI initiatives, including commercializing generative AI products and achieving substantial operational efficiencies.

In 2024, Lee was named among DataIQ’s Top 100 Data Leaders in the USA, a testament to his leadership in the analytics and AI space. Lee’s thought leadership on enterprise AI adoption and data analytics has been featured in the media, including Forbes and Financial Times.

Niraj leads Product, Design, Engineering and Data Science for Partner Home web/mobile supplier journeys and ML/AI based Technology Platforms across Catalog Management, Promotions, Pricing, Merchandising and Advertising at Wayfair. Before Wayfair, he served as a VP of Engineering at Google, where he was responsible for ML/AI based Web/Mobile frameworks, Cloud/Data Platform and tools for Youtube, Search, Ads and Android platforms. Prior to that, Niraj spent 20+ years holding various executive and engineering leadership positions in VC/PE funded B2B/B2C startups and enterprise companies like Microsoft, Ancestry.com and American Express. He has significant experience in incubating/scaling Saas/Paas/IaaS technologies, teams and digitally transforming them. Niraj has a BS, MS in Engineering and MBA from Northwestern University.

Saket Saurabh is the Co-founder and CEO of Nexla, industry’s most advanced integration platform that is built with AI, for AI. Saket started his career as an engineer, creating accelerated computing technology at NVIDIA as part of a small innovation team. Thereafter he took to data scaling as founder at mobile ad-serving pioneer Mobsmith, ultimately taking it through acquisition and IPO. Driven by a passion to simplify the lives of data users, he founded Nexla, driving cutting edge innovation in data engineering, winning Gartner Cool Vendor and acquiring customers like Doordash, JnJ, and American Express.

Saket holds an MBA from The Wharton School and a BTech in Computer Science & Engineering from IIT (Indian Institute of Technology), Kanpur. He lives in the Bay area with his data expert wife and three kids.

Known for her balance of visionary thinking (“The Art of the Possible”) and pragmatic solutions (“The Art of the Practical”) Sol has a knack for driving innovation while helping companies stay grounded in their mission.

Sol is currently the ‘Head of Technology, North America’ for Amazon’s Startup Division – where they have 63% market share. Prior to that, Sol held former roles like CAO, CDO, CDAO, and CDAIO for giants like Estee Lauder, Merck Pharmaceuticals, Sony Music, and Royal Caribbean. She also helped IBM launch Watson in 2011, the world’s 1st commercial and enterprise grade AI application. Having been in the Data space for over 25+ years, the AI space for 13+ years, and the tech space for 20+ Years, Sol has the ability to scale operations and amplify market impact by combining the latest advents with tried and true technology, business acumen, and what is better known as “the soft skills”.

Sol is also a global keynote speaker and Best-Selling Author of “Your AI Survival Guide: Scraped Knees, Bruised Elbows, and Lessons Learned from Real-World Deployments”

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Seasoned data engineering leader with experience managing a high-performing team of data engineers, data scientists, ML Ops, IoT, and platform teams. Skilled at leading with a strong tech vision that compliments the business and product strategy. Tech leader with over 18 years of architecting, building, and scaling highly reliable systems and platforms at Amazon, T-Mobile, and more. I am a leader who empowers team, believes in inclusiveness, and adopts the servant-leadership model at work.

Patents: Filed 1 patent (P-2062-US) for Guaranteed Delivery and 2nd is in progress
Vision: Disrupt every industry through data driven analytics